Music-roll fastener.



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Unirse MICHAEL RUDOLF HAGETER, 0." CRANFRD,

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No. 855,855.. .lpeeieaton of Letters Patent.

lstented Enne al, l 90?'.

Application lerl April l5, 1905. Serial No. 255,838.

HAGETER, e citizen ol thelUnited States, re

siding at Cranford, in the conntjT of Union endv Ste-te of New Jersey,have invent-ed e new und useful improvement in liijosicdloll liasteners,of Which the following is s spr-ionisation.

This invention is en. improved constrnction of fastening devieeernploved for festening the free end of e rnnsio sheet such ein ployedin pienolas and simile* instruments, the object being to provide enexceedingly cheep, simple and ellicient instelling device which can. hequickl7 and eesily applied to the said perforated sheet and whichwill.securely fasten. the seid sheet when rollen i'orin, and with theseobjects in view r y invention consists essentiellj,T in providing`reinforcing disks upon both sidesV or" the sheet adjacent the end,arranging the iernsle portion of e spring ola-sp in the seid reinforcingdisks, etten-.hing e teh to the end of the eper sheet which tab carriesa ring et its en end the male portion of the spring clasp adjacent theend, which is adapted to enfege the other member carried hy there-inlorcing disks, said disks, teh and clesp members being so arrangedwith reference to each other, that when the sheetis completely rolled,.he meinbers of the clasp een he brought into engsieen vment with eachother, thereby completely fastening the free end el the rolled sheet.

The invention consists else in certain details ol' constructionhereinafter 'fully described end pointed out in the cleiins.

ln the drawings forming e part of this spec-ir-,etion: l1`igi1re l is eperspective view of :i rolled rnnsic sheet provided with my iniprovedforni of fastening ineens. Fie'. 2 is e detail perspective view showingthe nrstener opened. Fig. 3 is e detail View sl'iowing the inner face ofthe sheet. Fig. is en edge view of the free end oi' the sheet and thetei,- r-.onnected thereto. teken through the reinforcing disks end thefemale member of the clasp.' Fig. (S is :i deteil perspective View of'the teh connected to the end of thesheet. Fig. 'I is e pien view of thetab belore honig Iolded.

ln carrying out my invention, l employ the ordinary construction ol:perforar-ted pw per sheet such as is employed in self-playinginstruments, said sheet being connected to and rolled upon the usueltorni oi' spool E.

5 is sectional view vby suits-ble edhe ried by seid disks iidirpte.. egeth ber carried by sind tir A re-inforcing disk C is erringed upon the 55inner fece of the sheetedjeeont the end, seid re`io1'eirig disk beingoli thick, ilexihlc oef per and upon the outer tace olf the sheet s.similar reinforcingdisk D, .vhieh is 'vangrail to register with the diskC the 'iionn 'ineniher E of e, spi'ng olas treily or" the reinfo..eirclearly shown in Figs.

and

having enlarged ends l/ is .tohled upon itself as shown :it ends areconnected to tl per sheet A, \\'h h connor the @sie end c l l ions nim itchi" sind itwill be understood tiret tl he nnide of fabric or peperdesired ring G is carried :it the extreme :rfi folded trib, and lthemale inondiei spring clasp is connected to the tab inline the seidring,` sind is-edepted to engege nieniber E when the sheet oornplm L",73 rolled upon the spool es rnost clearly shown in Fig. l.

it will thus be seen that l provide eneneeedingly cheep, simple :rnd etilent construction of fastening?r device by ineens oi which the free endof the rrhisiU sheet een he fastened When rolled upon the spool i. willalso he understood that the ring t sides serving as e suiteble grip inconne with the teh, also serves is tlm Ineens between the end oli sheetand the operative peri, er nient.

A devieeconstrneted herein shown find described een be opened and closedvery quickly and when once 'feste-ned, will be free from the danger oibecoming disengaged.

.lieving thus fullv des ribed nl)T invent' .what l claim es ne sindriesiro to secu.: Letters Fati-int, is ze l. A niusio she providedwithi,

' cm'ric. tsl), one ineniber ol n s upon `the trib between sind ol' themusic sheet reeech side ol the inns and the other member el the spr igel 2. A music sheer lowing' disk secured one end ol' the sheet, e..-

i ii'miiged upon said disk, i' fne 'fiee end of the music sheet, aspring .wp uien'ibei-ear1'eby the tab and sfo-ectwith the ii'istmentioned. member, the

e the ends of the tabthe seid tab extend diameti'ioally across there-ini'eremg disk eab-acting member being placed inteime- 2L tak carriedwhen the sheet is rolled 'and a ring carried bv

